A Time and a Season

She saved his life. Now she has to face the truth she’s spent a decade running from.

Dr. Leila Molina has found her place back in Nicolet, Michigan—practicing medicine in the small town she loves and spending time at her mother’s cozy book café. What she hasn’t figured out is what to do about Jackson Lang.

Jackson knows a boy isn’t supposed to meet his soulmate at the age of eighteen, but the day he tumbled headfirst into the Whitefish River, he knew the girl who sent him over his handlebars was the one for him. For a year, Leila was the balm that soothed his deepest wounds. Then she walked away with no explanation, leaving him questioning everything he’d ever known about her, and about himself.

A decade later, when a boating accident on Lake Superior throws them together, Leila’s instincts move faster than her defenses. Saving Jackson is easy, but facing him afterward is something else entirely.

This Christmas, with family close by and a whole snow-dusted small town quietly rooting for them, Jackson and Leila have the chance to uncover the secret that stole their happy ending and discover whether some loves really do get a second chapter.

Escape into a feel-good Christmas story about family, forgiveness, and second chances.

Contains minimal, mild language.

Charlotte Everhart writes closed-door women’s fiction set in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. A Time and a Season is book four in her Nicolet series.